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Langdon Cheves

Langdon Cheves
Portrait of Cheves as Speaker of the U.S. House c. 1815
President of the Second Bank of the United States
In office
March 6, 1819 – January 6, 1823
PresidentJames Monroe
Preceded byJames Fisher (acting)
Succeeded byNicholas Biddle
8th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office
January 19, 1814 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byHenry Clay
Succeeded byHenry Clay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from South Carolina's 1st district
In office
December 31, 1810 – March 3, 1815
Preceded byRobert Marion
Succeeded byHenry Middleton
Attorney General of South Carolina
In office
December 8, 1808 – December 4, 1810
GovernorJohn Drayton
Preceded byJohn Pringle
Succeeded byJohn Richardson
Member of the
South Carolina House of Representatives
from the Parish of St. Philip and St. Martin
In office
November 22, 1802 – 1804
In office
1806 – December 8, 1808
Personal details
Born(1776-09-17)September 17, 1776
Abbeville County, South Carolina, U.S.
DiedJune 26, 1857(1857-06-26) (aged 80)
Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
SpouseMary Dulles
Children14, including Louisa

Langdon Cheves (/ˈɪvɪs/[1][2] September 17, 1776 – June 26, 1857) was an American politician, lawyer and businessman from South Carolina. He represented the city of Charleston in the United States House of Representatives from 1810 to 1815, where he played a key role on the home front of the War of 1812. Cheves was a leader among the War Hawk faction of the House. He served as chairman of the Committees on Naval Affairs and Ways and Means under Speaker of the House Henry Clay, then succeeded Clay as Speaker in the war's final stages. After leaving the House, he served as President of the Second Bank of the United States from 1819 to 1823.

After leaving public office, Cheves was an active advocate for unified Southern resistance to protective tariffs and any attempt to abolish slavery, though an opponent of unilateral action by South Carolina or any one state. Originally, Cheves advocated for a convention of Southern states to pressure Congress into adopting these positions, but eventually became one of the earliest advocates for outright regional secession from the United States.

  1. ^ Neuffer, Claude; Neuffer, Irene (1983). Correct Mispronunciations of Some South Carolina Names. University of South Carolina Press.
  2. ^ Huff 1977, p. 1.

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